It is my great pleasure to announce the Stanford East Asia Library has hired Frederic J. Kotas as Japanese Studies Librarian, who joins us on April 9, 2007. Fred received his Ph.D. in Japanese language and literature as well as his MLS from the University of Washington. He comes to Stanford from Cornell University where he was working since 1995 as Japanese Bibliographer and Assistant Curator for Wason Collection on East Asia. Dr. Kotas’ scholarly specialty is classical Japanese literature, and his addition to our staff will strengthen our ability to build the collection and serve Stanford faculty and students in Japanese studies area. Please join us in welcoming Fred Kotas to the Stanford East Asia Library.

SHAO Dongfang, Ph.D.
Curator and Head Librarian
East Asia Library

It is my great pleasure to announce Dr. Kyungmi Chun to begin her work at Stanford East Asia Library on February 1, 2007. Dr. Kyungmi Chun has accepted Stanford’s offer to be the Korean Studies Librarian in the East Asia Library last November. I am delighted to welcome Kyungmi to join us. Kyungmi earned her doctoral degree in Information Science at the University of North Texas in 1999, an MLS degree from the University of Tennessee, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Kyungmi has served as the Korean Specialist Librarian in the University of Hawaii’s Asian Collection since 1992. During her more than 14 years at the University of Hawaii, Kyungmi’s responsibilities have included collection development and management, reference and public services for the Korean Collection. Beyond her breadth of work experiences in academic libraries, Kyungmi will bring her boundless enthusiasm and a solid work ethic for the building of our new collection. We are very fortunate to have her expertise and enthusiasm included in our mix of terrific staff and eagerly anticipate her contributions we expect her to make to the East Asia Library.

SHAO Dongfang, Ph.D.
Curator and Head Librarian
East Asia Library